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Courtney Blair

Uganda Field Research Director MIT Humanitarian Response Lab

Economist, entrepreneur, and private sector development specialist focusing on market system strengthening for agricultural value chains. Currently supporting the USAID/Uganda Feed the Future Market System Monitoring Activity, which is applying insights from system dynamics and supply chain management to create new approaches for understanding complex market systems.

Participants at a system mapping workshop in Uganda in January 2020

Using a Systems Approach to Understand Markets and Resilience in Karamoja, Uganda

As part of its work in Uganda, the USAID/Uganda Feed the Future Market System Monitoring (MSM) Activity applied a systems approach to understanding the Karamoja region.

Courtney Blair

Sep 13, 2021

Markets and Trade Resilience

Uganda Agricultural Market System Map with COVID-19 Shocks

Using a Systems Approach to Adapt to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda

In 2020, the USAID/Uganda Feed the Future Market System Monitoring Activity conducted a Rapid System Assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the agricultural market system in Uganda.